Pockets exist across all 5 Manitoba health regions with unvaccinated front-line workers, says health minister
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Staff are on standby for redeployment and contingency plans are in place should Manitoba see a significant number of health-care workers barred from their jobs as a new vaccine deadline arrives next week.
Health and Seniors Care Minister Audrey Gordon said Friday there are still "pockets all across the five [health] regions" in the province with front-line workers who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.
In three days, any unvaccinated health-care and personal-care home workers must submit to testing every 48 hours. If they refuse that, they will be put on an unpaid leave of absence.
Gordon did not have specific figures on hand for how many workers could be off the job as of Monday, saying that data is still coming in. She called it a small number of the 42,000 health-care professionals affected by the new requirements.
In the meantime, the province is working with the leaders of all regional health authorities to break through the myths and misinformation out there that are causing vaccine hesitancy.
That effort is centred around "the science behind the effectiveness of the vaccine to allay the fears of individuals," Gordon said.
Asked how concerned she is, after 19 months of pandemic, that there are still health-care professionals willing to walk off the job rather than get vaccinated or regularly tested, Gordon said she is not focused on shaming or blaming.
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